Alert archive / Kansas / Wind Advisories in 2012
Wind Advisory 20, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this wind advisory at Apr 26, 2012, 11:13 AM CDT for 19 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Apr 27, 2012, 10:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 9 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 26, 2012, 11:13 AM CDT (16:13 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 27, 2012, 10:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Apr 27, 2012, 6:48 PM CDT
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
Counties Clark County, KS, Edwards County, KS, Finney County, KS, Ford County, KS, Grant County, KS, Gray County, KS, Hamilton County, KS, Haskell County, KS, Hodgeman County, KS, Kearny County, KS, Kiowa County, KS, Lane County, KS, Meade County, KS, Ness County, KS, Pawnee County, KS, Scott County, KS, Seward County, KS, Stanton County, KS, Stevens County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 47 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 4.2 hours before the alert went out and 53 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2951 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 57 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 52 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
013 WWUS73 KDDC 261613 NPWDDC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 1113 AM CDT THU APR 26 2012 ...STRONG WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED FRIDAY... .AN INTENSE UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL PASS ACROSS WESTERN KANSAS FRIDAY MORNING. IN THE WAKE OF THIS SYSTEM, STRONG WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP. KSZ043>045-061>065-075>080-086>088-270300- /O.NEW.KDDC.WI.Y.0020.120427T1500Z-120428T0100Z/ SCOTT-LANE-NESS-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-HODGEMAN-PAWNEE-GRANT- HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA-SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SCOTT CITY...DIGHTON...NESS CITY... SYRACUSE...LAKIN...DEERFIELD...GARDEN CITY...KALVESTA...JETMORE... HANSTON...LARNED...BURDETT...ULYSSES...SUBLETTE...SATANTA... CIMARRON...MONTEZUMA...DODGE CITY...BUCKLIN...KINSLEY...LEWIS... GREENSBURG...HAVILAND...LIBERAL...KISMET...MEADE...FOWLER... ASHLAND...MINNEOLA 1113 AM CDT THU APR 26 2012 /1013 AM MDT THU APR 26 2012/ ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM CDT /9 AM MDT/ TO 8 PM CDT /7 PM MDT/ FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM CDT /9 AM MDT/ TO 8 PM CDT /7 PM MDT/ FRIDAY. * TIMING...STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP IN FAR WESTERN KANSAS BY 9 AM AND IN DODGE CITY BY NOON. * WINDS...WINDS WILL BE FROM THE WEST AND NORTHWEST AT 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 50 MPH. * IMPACTS...WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ FINCH
4 follow-up statements
568 WWUS73 KDDC 270147 NPWDDC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 847 PM CDT THU APR 26 2012 ...STRONG WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED FRIDAY... .AN INTENSE UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL PASS ACROSS WESTERN KANSAS FRIDAY MORNING. AS THIS OCCURS...AN AREA OF STRONG SURFACE LOW PRESSURE AND AN ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT WILL BEGIN PUSHING EAST ACROSS WESTERN KANSAS. THIS WILL CREATE A TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT BEHIND THE FRONT RESULTING IN STRONG NORTHWESTERLY WINDS. KSZ043>045-061>065-075>080-086>088-271000- /O.CON.KDDC.WI.Y.0020.120427T1500Z-120428T0100Z/ SCOTT-LANE-NESS-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-HODGEMAN-PAWNEE-GRANT- HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA-SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SCOTT CITY...DIGHTON...NESS CITY... SYRACUSE...LAKIN...DEERFIELD...GARDEN CITY...KALVESTA...JETMORE... HANSTON...LARNED...BURDETT...ULYSSES...SUBLETTE...SATANTA... CIMARRON...MONTEZUMA...DODGE CITY...BUCKLIN...KINSLEY...LEWIS... GREENSBURG...HAVILAND...LIBERAL...KISMET...MEADE...FOWLER... ASHLAND...MINNEOLA 847 PM CDT THU APR 26 2012 /747 PM MDT THU APR 26 2012/ ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM CDT /9 AM MDT/ TO 8 PM CDT /7 PM MDT/ FRIDAY... * TIMING...STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS FAR WESTERN KANSAS BY LATE MORNING AND CONTINUE INTO THE AFTERNOON. * WINDS...WEST TO NORTHWEST AT 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 50 MPH. * IMPACTS...WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ 32
917 WWUS73 KDDC 270823 NPWDDC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 323 AM CDT FRI APR 27 2012 ...STRONG WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TODAY... .AN INTENSE UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL PASS ACROSS WESTERN KANSAS THIS MORNING. AS THIS OCCURS...AN AREA OF STRONG SURFACE LOW PRESSURE AND AN ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT WILL BEGIN PUSHING EAST ACROSS WESTERN KANSAS. THIS WILL CREATE A TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT BEHIND THE FRONT RESULTING IN STRONG NORTHWESTERLY WINDS. KSZ043>045-061>065-075>080-086>088-272100- /O.CON.KDDC.WI.Y.0020.120427T1500Z-120428T0100Z/ SCOTT-LANE-NESS-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-HODGEMAN-PAWNEE-GRANT- HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA-SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SCOTT CITY...DIGHTON...NESS CITY... SYRACUSE...LAKIN...DEERFIELD...GARDEN CITY...KALVESTA...JETMORE... HANSTON...LARNED...BURDETT...ULYSSES...SUBLETTE...SATANTA... CIMARRON...MONTEZUMA...DODGE CITY...BUCKLIN...KINSLEY...LEWIS... GREENSBURG...HAVILAND...LIBERAL...KISMET...MEADE...FOWLER... ASHLAND...MINNEOLA 323 AM CDT FRI APR 27 2012 /223 AM MDT FRI APR 27 2012/ ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM CDT /9 AM MDT/ THIS MORNING TO 8 PM CDT /7 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING... * TIMING...STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS FAR WESTERN KANSAS BY LATE MORNING AND CONTINUE INTO THE AFTERNOON. * WINDS...WEST TO NORTHWEST AT 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 50 MPH. * IMPACTS...WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ HOVORKA 42
919 WWUS73 KDDC 271921 NPWDDC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 221 PM CDT FRI APR 27 2012 ...STRONG WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON... .STRONG WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS IN THE WAKE OF A DEPARTING WEATHER SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. KSZ074-085-280100- /O.EXA.KDDC.WI.Y.0020.000000T0000Z-120428T0100Z/ STANTON-STEVENS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JOHNSON CITY...HUGOTON...MOSCOW 221 PM CDT FRI APR 27 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING...WINDS WILL CONTINUE AT PEAK INTENSITY THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND DECREASE TOWARDS DUSK. * WINDS...WINDS WILL BE WEST TO NORTHWEST AT 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 50 MPH. * IMPACTS...WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ KSZ043>045-061>065-075>080-086>088-280100- /O.CON.KDDC.WI.Y.0020.000000T0000Z-120428T0100Z/ SCOTT-LANE-NESS-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-HODGEMAN-PAWNEE-GRANT- HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA-SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SCOTT CITY...DIGHTON...NESS CITY... SYRACUSE...LAKIN...DEERFIELD...GARDEN CITY...KALVESTA...JETMORE... HANSTON...LARNED...BURDETT...ULYSSES...SUBLETTE...SATANTA... CIMARRON...MONTEZUMA...DODGE CITY...BUCKLIN...KINSLEY...LEWIS... GREENSBURG...HAVILAND...LIBERAL...KISMET...MEADE...FOWLER... ASHLAND...MINNEOLA 221 PM CDT FRI APR 27 2012 /121 PM MDT FRI APR 27 2012/ ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT /7 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING... * TIMING...WINDS WILL CONTINUE AT PEAK INTENSITY THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND DECREASE TOWARDS DUSK. * WINDS...WINDS WILL BE WEST TO NORTHWEST AT 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 50 MPH. * IMPACTS...WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ SUGDEN
897 WWUS73 KDDC 272348 NPWDDC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 648 PM CDT FRI APR 27 2012 KSZ043>045-061>065-074>080-085>088-280100- /O.CAN.KDDC.WI.Y.0020.000000T0000Z-120428T0100Z/ SCOTT-LANE-NESS-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-HODGEMAN-PAWNEE-STANTON- GRANT-HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA-STEVENS-SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SCOTT CITY...DIGHTON...NESS CITY... SYRACUSE...LAKIN...DEERFIELD...GARDEN CITY...KALVESTA...JETMORE... HANSTON...LARNED...BURDETT...JOHNSON CITY...ULYSSES...SUBLETTE... SATANTA...CIMARRON...MONTEZUMA...DODGE CITY...BUCKLIN...KINSLEY... LEWIS...GREENSBURG...HAVILAND...HUGOTON...MOSCOW...LIBERAL... KISMET...MEADE...FOWLER...ASHLAND...MINNEOLA 648 PM CDT FRI APR 27 2012 /548 PM MDT FRI APR 27 2012/ ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. WINDS ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED TO BE AT WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA... HOWEVER...A FEW GUSTS TO 30 MPH WILL STILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 8 PM CDT. $$ SUGDEN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 26, 8:42 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Wichita | 63 min |
| Apr 26, 6:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Hamilton, Stanton | 58 min |
| Apr 26, 6:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Morton, Stevens | 61 min |
Nearby
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.